The Editorial Note by Dr. Julian Schuster

Almost thirty years ago, five countries of Central Asia (CA) region gained their independence and became prominent political players in Eurasia. During this period, their strategic position often changes and bounced back and forth between Russia, China, and the West.  As countries matured, they started to pursue various forms of multi-directional foreign relationships... All this creates an excellent opportunity for American and Central Asian professors and researchers to engage in academic cooperation and studies to focus on evaluating current policy-economic collaboration between the U.S. and CA regional states. For this reason, the Journal JEECAR may serve as a valuable platform where academicians from both sides, West and East, can evaluate the existing policies and proposed a path toward mutually beneficial cooperation.